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If you read anything right now, I need you to read this devastating piece by my incredible friend about the toll anti-trans laws and rhetoric take on children, namely one young girl named May. @joyurcaba.bsky.social. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A father in Idaho, speaking to police after his child died by suicide: “There is a huge amount of animosity, every single day, thrown at trans kids. The whole fucking country. The whole fucking administration, every single fucking day.” Please read this important story by @joyurcaba.bsky.social

“You worry about that hatred being internalized, and that’s what happened to my kid,” Elyse Thorpe, May's mother, told NBC News. “It got inside.” Read May's story: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

But, as many people in Boise told me, May lived under the shadow of the state capitol, which had enacted 15 laws targeting LGBTQ people in just the last few years of her life. She poured her emotions into poetry, some of which you can read in the article. 4/

The 16-year-old who died was May Pollard. She went by Jane Doe in the lawsuit, because she didn't want to be an activist. She just wanted to be a teen girl who played Terraria with her friends and ran a Discord dedicated to the streamer Jerma985. 3/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

In May, Idaho's AG declared victory when a suit against a state law banning transgender students from using the bathrooms and locker rooms of their gender identities was dismissed. One plaintiff graduated and the other died by suicide. 2/

Content warning: suicide After May Pollard died on a late-January morning, a detective asked her parents a question: Had anyone wanted to hurt her? “A lot of America,” her mother answered. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Read my full story here; the chart is more interactive

Congress granted funds to restore 988 services for LGBTQ+ youth months ago. But it's still gone. Here's what it looks like when a service like this is ended; almost 70,000 people reaching out for help, then a cliff.

“I wasn’t playing girls’ soccer because I couldn’t handle it on the boys team — I was playing girls’ soccer because that’s where my friends were and that’s where I felt comfortable, and that’s where I belong.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup... via @joyurcaba.bsky.social

This special report on how Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ changed America ( by @spettypi.bsky.social and @mikehixenbaugh.com ) has a lot of #dataViz in it, is deeply reported and is *not* behind the NBC News paywall (though that will change soon). [no paywall for now] www.nbcnews.com/specials/tru...

One year after Trump signed his “big, beautiful bill,” it has begun reshaping the country. At least 4 million people have lost food stamps. Millions more will lose healthcare. Refugees and other legal immigrants are getting kicked off the safety net. And the wealthiest Americans have gotten richer.

Congrats, Evan!!

A very cool story by Kate Sosin at @19thnews.org. Also, go Rose City! 19thnews.org/2026/06/roll...

NEW ESSAY: Origins of the Anti-Trans “Groomer” Slur. it provides historical context, a timeline of how it spread, & how it shapes anti-trans/LGBTQ legislation. pls share! on Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/origins-of-t... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/origins-of...

That's awful. I luckily do not have to go through Kaiser.

Not for a story, but for me: Folks in the Portland, OR, area who are open to sharing, about how long did you have to wait for a top surgery consult and then for surgery? Just got some tough news about my wait times and looking at other options. DMs open if you don't want to respond publicly.

NEW: I wrote about the self-published book that is fueling a movement of parents demanding less screen time in schools -- and becoming a major headache for school administrators www.nbcnews.com/news/educati...

Thank you! 🩷

Transgender adults are losing health care under the Trump administration, @joyurcaba.bsky.social reports They asked the Heritage Foundation what its staff think of this, and their reply was, essentially, it's nbd www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...